Which Sound Is Different?

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WHICH SOUND IS DIFFERENT?

SOUNDS 1

1 A earflap B basic C mechanic D natural

2 A delicate B laser C vapour D nation

3 A want B what C water D quality

4 A says B plays C pays D days

5 A volcanic B relaxed C sanguine D vacancy

6 A swamp B scapel C tolerate D swan

7 A access B accident C account D attach

8 A cottage B aim C Canadian D classmate

9 A fame B change C blame D champagne

10 A addition B adventure C advertise D advantage

SOUNDS 2

1 A caress B affair C welfare D careful

2 A uncertainty B mountain C bargain D Jamaican

3 A disease B seat C instead D beneath

4 A orator B intimate C toward D facilitate

5 A papal B wander C patriotic D bakery

6 A wizard B drunkard C regard D lizard

7 A many B contain C again D said

8 A sausage B gaudy C automatic D altogether

9 A anchor B anthem C anxious D Germany

10 A apparent B appalling C apprehension D Africa

SOUNDS 3

1 A luggage B advantage C storage D cage

2 A dishwasher B majority C memory D trigonometry

3 A obstacle B matter C organic D tavern

4 A quantity B botanist C promise D watch

5 A astronaut B because C cauliflower D knowledge

6 A aunt B draught C laugh D fault

7 A fountain B captain C retain D chicken

8 A cause B draughtsman C gorgeous D slaughter

9 A bartender B architecture C Bulgaria D darkroom

10 A path B moral C last D past

SOUNDS 4

1 A apologise B absorb C arrive D absence

2 A daughter B laughter C launch D lawn

3 A catastrophe B heartache C master D fasten

4 A apricot B change C camera D blame

5 A national B language C happy D plane

6 A drama B aroma C apology D parliament

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7 A dramatic B celebrate C academic D eraze

8 A grain B place C palace D pace

9 A admiral B adventurous C advertise D adverb

10 A purchase B chase C lace D Spain

SOUNDS 5

1 A cabbage B baggage C labour D handle

2 A handshake B vague C maze D lazy

3 A quack B smash C village D miraculous

4 A target B war C quarter D broad

5 A lake B agency C alphabetical D range

6 A dart B farther C fast D bathe

7 A prayer B spray C ray D lay

8 A derail B e-mail C train D again

9 A pain B aisle C daily D tail

10 A grass B ask C bass D after

SOUNDS 6

1 A latter B later C classmate D date

2 A praise B wait C spontaneous D plait

3 A alike B above C abstract D about

4 A toward B soar C oar D cupboard

5 A lane B make C manage D tame

6 A table B acquainted C favour D captain

7 A fan B plane C happy D sand

8 A eradicate B character C maroon D spectacular

9 A any B blames C many D comment

10 A clause B court C mauve D pause

SOUNDS 7

1 A debt B birth-mark C obstacle D forbid

2 A barber B tomb C abound D tobacco

3 A embroider B piggybank C syllable D doubtful

4 A tab B mob C comb D rib

5 A dumb B basement C abnormal D beachwear

6 A fabric B boiling C climbing D botanist

7 A comfortable B bombing C baby D bright

8 A matchbox B harbour C bungalow D subtle

9 A plumber B tribe C bribe D fiber

10 A thumb B womb C limb D suburb

SOUNDS 8

1 A moustache B ocean C celebrate D special

2 A character B cart C chemistry D chimney

3 A society B social C cellar D proceed

4 A chain B choice C choir D chocolate

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5 A sufficient B deficiency C precious D concentration

6 A describe B science C scenic D scepter

7 A touch B much C yacht D Dutch

8 A orchid B change C church D achieve

9 A pace B race C loose D cellphone

10 A chronic B molecule C critic D scenery

SOUNDS 9

1 A cherish B Christmas C chameleon D chronology

2 A gauche B epoch C acheless D Achilles

3 A chaos B chronicle C chairman D chorus

4 A obstacle B muscle C pinnacle D cleaning

5 A chemical B caress C cello D colonial

6 A schwa B scheme C skeptical D schematic

7 A bronchitis B chestnut C chronometer D chrisma

8 A chauvinism B exchange C teacher D childrearing

9 A bristle B indict C Connecticut D Vinci

10 A scherzo B scholar C school D Deutschmark

SOUNDS 10

1 A petty B pretty C election D net

2 A trolley B donkey C grey D money

3 A appear B serious C fearsome D bear

4 A wrapped B walked C wicked D passed

5 A feat B deadly C peanut D aesthetic

6 A dialed B talked C stopped D laughed

7 A breath B receive C feature D breathe

8 A influenced B accompanied C terrified D averaged

9 A conceive B believe C conceit D foreign

10 A breakfast B great C meant D lead [chì]

SOUNDS 11

1 A beach B bean C break D breach

2 A seaside B remedial C leadership D beefsteak

3 A lasted B needed C asked D painted

4 A people B serious C comedian D arena

5 A atmosphere B therefore C wherever D farewell

6 A news B flew C dew D few

7 A reach B heavy C seen D peak

8 A height B eighty C weight D freight

9 A nephew B skew C knew D sew

10 A sincere B zero C reference D spear

SOUNDS 12

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1 A inversion B permanent C clerk D derby [Br E]

2 A teach B mean C Sweden D head

3 A early B sulphuric C hurl D turning

4 A heart B ear C dear D peer

5 A leave B seat C reach D area

6 A surgeon B courageous C people D sulphur

7 A appear B bear C dear D weary

8 A great B snail C raid D aisle

9 A married B wanted C naked D beloved

10 A her B speaker C teacher D theater

SOUNDS 13

1 A significant B logical C investigate D bargain

2 A singe B vague C Nigerian D genuine

3 A regret B range C surgery D stage

4 A signal B signature C sign D together

5 A geneticist B government C globe D guarantee

6 A reef B enough C through D tough

7 A energy B disadvantage C biology D ground

8 A gesture B handbag C language D agency

9 A hiccough B staff C tough D though

10 A Singapore B singer C longer D finger

SOUNDS 14

1 A colleague B gracefully C hangar D benign

2 A coverage B beverage C rouge D gauge

3 A though B cough C photograph D laugh

4 A glorious B generation C gaudy D gorgeous

5 A gender B gymnastic C giant D gala

6 A swinger B stronger C longer D younger

7 A enlarge B arrange C dangerous D camouflage

8 A giraffe B goal C gin D ginger

9 A phlegm B gnat C smog D foreign

10 A gnome B assignment C designer D magnificent

SOUNDS 15

1 A locate B geologist C horizon D gallop

2 A rough B tough C through D much

3 A environment B information C favor D form

4 A mouse B put C would D could

5 A sufficient B enough C thorough D touch

6 A food B blood C pool D fool

7 A combine B collaborate C commerce D tomato

8 A atmosphere B mostly C hydropower D almost

9 A lose B shoes C toes D canoes

10 A loose B cooperation C tool D spoon

SOUNDS 16

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1 A photograph B motor C download D impose

2 A dough B borough C although D low

3 A colony B balcony C appropriate D agony

4 A erosion B focus C disposed D logic

5 A troublesome B income C monthly D drunkard

6 A couple B country C funny D about

7 A common B comma C compound D comb

8 A pollen B pollute C promotion D possession

9 A remove B woman C rule D two

10 A host B most C cost D post

SOUNDS 17

1 A transform B formation C worry D warm

2 A worth B worldwide C hurt D wolf

3 A resource B exhaust C abound D four

4 A stone B comic C tolerate D documentary

5 A double B does C mosquito D dull

6 A supersonic B solve C scholarship D tobacco

7 A coincide B coins C point D soil

8 A process B property C prospect D phosphate

9 A how B cow C blow D down

10 A noon B good C book D foot

SOUNDS 18

1 A homonym B horrible C location D involve

2 A loan B loath C lode D position

3 A mould B should C would D could

4 A ought B bough C thought D brought

5 A spoor B door C floor D force

6 A poisonous B noise C tortoise D buoy

7 A golf B adulthood C wood D bosom

8 A wool B mood C took D look

9 A postage B ostrich C frost D hostage

10 A postcard B superpose C remote D toddle

SOUNDS 19

1 A told B poultry C volunteer D cold

2 A good B boom C cook D could

3 A meadow B tow C show D knowledge

4 A moss B company C colourful D cover

5 A comedy B below C comb D grow

6 A both B moth C clothes D pole

7 A apostle B cost C costume D milepost

8 A foes B potatoes C does D shows

9 A cupboard B chalkboard C hoard D taught

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10 A bought B court C course D courier

SOUNDS 20

1 A cool B shoot C flood D soon

2 A bond B month C pond D fond

3 A donkey B Tom C women D bomb

4 A courage B rough C roundabout D cough

5 A forbid B gorgeous C torpedor D aboard

6 A soul B touch C soldier D shoulder

7 A found B loud C moustache D brown

8 A know B now C drowse D fountain

9 A open B over C office D poster

10 A Missouri B tourist C fluoride D sour

SOUNDS 21

1 A excellent B except C exchange D exhort

2 A excuse B exemplify C extent D exclamation

3 A exactitude B text C inbox D extreme

4 A mixture B sexy C checkbox D exemption

5 A X-ray B X-bar C Xmas D x-axis

6 A fox B axis C wax D xenophobia

7 A crux B luxury C anxious D asphyxia

8 A thanks B kicks C prix D fix

9 A anthrax B flexion C buxom D axiom

10 A circumflex B crucifix C crucifixion D toxin

SOUNDS 22

1 A fax B approximate C anxiety D fox

2 A auxililiary B axis C fix D boxing

3 A example B exist C exhaust D exercise

4 A extra B exhibition C exaggerate D exam

5 A sixty B fixture C chickenpox D anxious

6 A exception B exert C exactly D exile

7 A exciting B excerpt C excess D exotic

8 A complexity B complexion C context D smallpox

9 A exceed B oxen C xerox D excluding

10 A Marxism B tax C maximum D existence

SOUNDS 23

1 A exalt B coaxing C climax D cervix

2 A index B paradox C xenon D sphinx

3 A existential B dioxin C matrix D ambidextrous

4 A earwax B exude C dyslexia D elixir

5 A cybersex B execute C exhale D faux

SOUNDS 24

1 A fax B approximate C anxiety D fox

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1 A auxililiary B axis C fix D boxing

3 A example B exist C exhaust D exercise

4- A extra B exhibition C exaggerate D exam

5 A sixty B fixture C chickenpox D anxious

6 A exception B exert C exactly D exile

7 A exciting B excerpt C excess D exotic

8 A complexity B complexion C context D smallpox

9 A exceed B oxen C xerox D excluding

10 A Marxism B tax C maximum D existence

SOUNDS 25

1 A excellent B except C exchange D exhort

2 A excuse B exemplify C extent D exclamation

3 A exactitude B text C inbox D extreme

4 A mixture B sexy C checkbox D exemption

5 A X-ray B X-bar C Xmas D x-axis

6 A fox B axis C wax D xenophobia

7 A crux B.luxury C anxious D asphyxia

8 A thanks B kicks C prix D fix

9 A anthrax B flexion C buxom D axiom

10 A circumflex B crucifix C crucifixion D toxin

SOUNDS 26

1 A exalt B coaxing C climax D cervix

2 A index B paradox C xenon D sphinx

3 A existential B dioxin C matrix D ambidextrous

4 A earwax B exude C dyslexia D elixir

5 A cybersex B execute C exhale D faux

SOUND 27

1 A hydrogen B typhoon C dynamo D crystal

2 A testerday B yield C type D youthful

3 A beyond B obey C prey D grey

4 A philosophy B myth C happy D simile

5 A cyclone B physics C possibility D sympathy

6 A pyjamas B python C psychology D nylon

SOUNDS 28

1 A New Zealand B analyse C zero D quartz

2 A dazzle B pizza C puzzle D drizzle

3 A amazement B influenza C citizen D waltz

4 A Czechoslovakia B crazy C size D dizzy

5 A lazy B seizure C zoo D zeal

SOUNDS 29

1 A prize B quiz C razor D glitz

2 A Pulitzer B dense C AIDS D fence

3 A lose B leaves C peoples D collapse

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4 A Zen B zodiac C Nazi D Xerox

5 A appetizer B azure C baize D bazaar

6 A bizarre B blazer C bilharzia D idealize

7 A bitzer B embezzle C sneeze D stabilize

8 A zipper B breeze C zebra D howitzer

9 A protozoan B blitzkrieg C bulldozer D horizon

10 A rendezvous B trapezoid C wizard D zigzag

SOUNDS 30

1 A chintz B schmaltz C putz D stanza

2 A eczema B suzerainty C Tarzan D plaza

3 A sizzle B piazza C scuzzy D zenith

4 A pretzel B ritzy C schizoid D seltzer

5 A Zionism B zodiac C Alzheimer D Aussie

SOUNDS 31

1 A guide B build C biscuit D till

2 A illustrate B entrust C calculus D impetus

3 A skull B subtract C public D judgment

4 A continue B capsule C security D assume

5 A hut B shut C put D cut

6 A wolf B woman C would D swollen

7 A introduce B institute C pursue D stimulate

8 A treasure B usual C insure D measure

9 A business B busy C minute D music

10 A tongue B guest C guess D colleague

SOUNDS 32

1 A dialogue B argue C league D plague

2 A bury B current C hurry D encourage

3 A community B value C manufacture D cue

4 A curriculum B cultural C currency D ton

5 A sanguine B language C persuade D guard

6 A album B ulcer C consult D outnumber

7 A truth B put C pollution D improve

8 A failure B furniture C jury D author

9 A fluid B bluish C suicide D guideline

10 A accuracy B calculate C miraculous D curricular

SOUNDS 33

1 A unicameral B unicorn C uninspired D unit

2 A frustrate B rubbish C punctual D furious

3 A guilty B suave C dissuade D sweat

4 A Venus B plus C minus D interest

5 A bullet B bull C pulley D dull

6 A lettuce B impulse C lustful D sudden

7 A buy B guy C plaguy D sideway

8 A blue B cue C suit D sue

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9 A fuel B amuse C pursuer D cruel

10 A annuity B ambiguity C anguish D circuitous

SOUNDS 34

1 A sword B welfare C wheel D swamp

2 A wreck B rewrite C two D twig

3 A answer B twin C allow D raw

4 A whistle B wheat C what D whose

5 A wrestle B withdraw C wrinkle D law

SOUNDS 35

1 A theatre B therefore C thick D thunder

2 A blacksmith B thrilling C withdraw D authorship

3 A within B south C thief D width

4 A throughout B themselves C threaten D thunder

5 A worth B eighteenth C path D with

6 A bequeath B thrash C though D then

7 A picture B nature C mature D departure

8 A nation B partial C action D natural

9 A whistle B must C cosmetic D ancestry

10 A Christmas B attendance C militant D light

SOUNDS 36

1 A thus B those C father D thoughtful

2 A mouth B soothing C northern D together

3 A without B math C although D breathing

4 A mistletoe B castle C master D fasten

5 A network B wrestle C bustle D bouquet

6 A often B rustle C soften D passport

7 A worthy B author C weather D clothes

8 A these B there C thanD think

9 A myth B eighth C rhythm D bathroom

10 A mathematics B mouths C baths D months

SOUNDS 37

1 A moisten B beaten C burst D pastime

2 A marathon B fathom C anthem D thaw

3 A southerly B heathen C breathe D thundercloud

4 A birthday B diphthong C asthma D twentieth

5 A isthmus B thrifty C healthy D undergrowth

6 A bracelet B cabaret C treatment D exhaust

7 A mount B artist C chalet D respect

8 A Thanksgiving B theatrical C Thailand D Thornhill

9 A apostle B mortgage C mustn't D resistance

10 A Thames B thyme C theory D Thomas

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SOUNDS 38

1 A portrait B advantage C storage D cage